At Nelson – Pee Wee Provincials SO 7 to 4 over Vanderhoof Sunday Second game – SO 7-0 over Whitehorse Record SO 2 games won At 100 Mile House – Midget Provincials Midgets SO 10 to 1 over Cranbrook Second Game – Midgets Quesnel 6 – 1 over SO Third Game – SO 5 over […]
Archives for 2014
2014 Challenge not fully organized – City talks about big change
The City of Penticton is seeking expressions of interest from those who want the opportunity to organize and operate the Challenge Penticton Canada triathlon and festival. The City of Penticton is seeking community-minded proponents with the necessary qualifications to build on the success of the race – ensuring that the Challenge philosophy of putting athletes […]
Staff reports to Parks and Recreation monthly meeting
From: Carol Sheridan, Manager of Parks and Recreation Date: March 12, 2014 Administration/Labour Management: 2 representatives of Omland Heal Chartered Accountants visited the Administration office March 3 to do the field work portion of the annual audit. Their new policies required all documents to be provided in electronic format so they have been able to […]
Learn about your river
Oyster Festival in the South Okanagan – April
THURSDAY APRIL 24th “Under the Tuscan Sea” at Terrafina Restaurant Pizza & Oyster tasting highlighting exciting new releases from Hester Creek and a few of our ‘bubbly’ neighbours! Visit Terrafina Restaurant for more information. Location: Terrafina Restaurant at Hester Creek Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Entrance price: $45 Contact Number: 250-498-2229 FRIDAY APRIL 25th SOUTH […]
282 days ’til Christmas – Town gets a head start?
A reader pointed out to me that taking down the Christmas decorations was a bit overdue. It’s a safety issues states Public Works. Shawn Goodsell says when Santa’s sleigh and reindeer were being put up late last year… Work Safe BC made the point that safety harnesses should be anchored on a truss below the […]
Teneycke to stay behind bars this week
Ron Teneycke spent about 5 minutes in this courtroom today – on a video link from Kamloops. RCMP in Penticton stated in “early morning hours of Thursday, Teneycke was arrested by a member on a rural road outside of Okanagan Falls. He was arrested for failing to abide by a probation order ~ failing to […]
The rural report with Laird Smith
Last week we buried Johanna. With all the Oliver friends I’ve lost such as Beverly Tasker, Tony Kamin, Holger Mundel, and Bob Campbell, I have not had the experience of going to the graveside service. Of course now that I’m older, I may be looking at this ritual differently than I would perhaps have done […]


